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| Is a bird, is an airplane, it is not Superman...Is a dolphin!!!! |
Had a long day and just recently came back to the villa. I promise this one will be short, at least in terms of my descriptive narrative. Long story short: Woke up to another ugly day in Sanibel Island. Gray and windy. Not good to be out. Wifey and I had some breakfast and she asked me to take her to the lighthouse and at 10:30 we made it there. Walked around until made it to the fishing pier, where we stayed for an hour shooting pics of a dolphin trio swimming in the area and a few birds waiting for an easy meal from the fishermen on and around the pier. We were on our way out when my wife saw something that changed our day and possibly made our vacation. Anyways, that is it. No more talking. Let us go to the pics...
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| Female Cardinal |
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| Female Cardinal |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Great Egret |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Dolphin |
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| Dolphin |
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| Dolphin v.s. Pelican |
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| Brown Pelican tries to steal a fisherman's catch |
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| Reddish Egret |
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| Dolphin hunts |
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| Mom dolphin and little one |
And then this happened. No words necessary...
We went back to the villa, picked up our family and returned to the pier to spent some time together at the beach. The next set of pics are from from that second round...
Then we were caught in the middle of the fight and I took some pics of it...
Last set of pics of this post...
And that is it for this one. Hope you like the pics. See you soon with more views, this time from the kayak at Commodore Creek and Tarpon Bay.
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Dolphin |
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| Dolphins |
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| Dove |
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| Osprey Nest |
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| Sea Gulls |
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| Loggerhead Turtle |
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| More dolphins |
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| Magnificent Frigate Bird |
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| Great Egret |
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| Reddish Egret |
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| Reddish Egret |
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| Triple threat...Reddish Egret, Snowy Egret, and Brown Pelican |
Then we were caught in the middle of the fight and I took some pics of it...
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| Round #1: Snowy Egret #1(SW1) attacks Snowy Egret #2(SW2) |
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| Round #3 was fierce. A terrific battle with both SWs looking for the victorious strike |
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| Round 6 - SW1 started to dominate the combat with some nice aerial attacks |
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| Round 9 - SW2 reacts and tries a counter attack |
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| Round 10 - SW2 connects its best punch of the fight |
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| SW1 resists all SW2 threw at it and wins when SW2 leaves the arena, literally, saying NO MAAAAAAS!!!! |
Last set of pics of this post...
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| Brown Pelican and Reddish Egret |
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| Snowy Egret close encounter |
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| Reddish Egret |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Brown Pelicans |
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| Sanibel Island Lighthouse |
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| Who would not want to be that kid at that time> |
That is a GREAT photo of the jumping dolphin!
ReplyDeleteWow, Luis!!! That one photo is worth a few rainy days. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! More, more!!
ReplyDeleteBest. Photo. Ever.
ReplyDeleteEdit my comment.
DeleteBest photos ever.
Wow- amazing stuff! great photos...
ReplyDeleteThanks to all. Better lucky than good and we were extremely lucky this time. I wonder if we will see something even close to that again. It was the highlight of the vacation.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos of the dolphins! Wow! Right place, right time!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletewow! Amazing shots! We have seen dolphins play and jump like this, but never can get the shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy and Anonymous.
ReplyDeleteI was very lucky, as Cindy said. Better lucky than good. I will take it anytime. :)
WOW!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is what I said when saw the leaping dolphin!!!!!
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